Son waitlisted. 1560 SAT, 3.75/4.3 GPA, Strong ECs. Campus visit and alumni interview. Congratulations to all who were admitted!
Wow. It’s really looking like demonstrated interest is a big deal. Some high stats getting waitlisted. When schools don’t have a supplemental essay, they rely on other ways for kids to show interest. That’s good to know.
Accepted!
1510 sat, 97 gpa
Also a Bunche Scholar
@homerdog what are other ways to show interest?
Accepted
35 ACT
Decent GPA at tough prep school
Really good EC’s
@akrem111 Well, all of the things I’ve seen written above - interview, visit, go to local college fair booths, get on their mailing list, etc.
International here… Accepted… 33 ACT 42 Predicted IB Grade with 4HLs and decent ECAs. Let’s see what happens with my other colleges.
@tr4732 Which country?
@tr4732 did u applied for financial aid?
Accepted and a Scholar! I didn’t show any interest, but I know that’s something they probably value
@homerdog My DD didn’t interview nor visit campus. The only interest shown was submitting a Creative Writing portfolio. She did have stellar recs and a REALLY unique essay which probably really helped her get in.
accepted!!
GPA: 3.83 W and around 3.74 UW
SAT: 1430 / 690 + 740
1460 + 3.97 lots of ECs
no demonstrated interests
rejected
Accepted w/presidential, 35 ACT, 96/100 GPA
Accepted 35 ACT, 3.8/4.2 UW/W GPA, strong ECs
Accepted as Bunche Scholar
3.7 GPA and 1390 SAT
Strong LORs and ECs
Rejected.
Stats:
Demographic:
white, transgender (FtM, I’m not sure if this will give me an advantage in admissions but it is worth mentioning), only child, magnet school (Title 1), Las Vegas, parents recently completed college and are now teachers (income around $45k)
Test Scores:
GPA: uw - 3.849; w - 4.678 out of 4.8; rank 43/703 SAT: 1400 (750M, 650E, 6/6/6 Essay) (October 2017)
APs: Bio-4, AB Calc-5, Lang-4, US History-3
SAT II: Math 2: 740
Activities:
Orchestra - 6 years; principal bassist in 9th, 11th, and 12th; chamber orchestra; private lessons
Orchestra Council - 3 years; currently president (we run the major events in the music community in my district like solo & ensemble, honors orchestra, and festival)
HOSA - 4 years; 1st place in state for forensics medicine 2016; 4th place in state for nutrition test 2017
NHS - 3 years; community service and all that jazz
Working Out - 2 years; idk if this counts but I have been regularly working out and find it to be an integral part of my day to day life to relieve stress from school
Tennis - 1 year; varsity letter; don’t think I’m going to do it this year because I’m not very good and have other things to busy myself with
Work - 6 months; Cook at Pizza Hut; plan on staying through senior year so I can save up some money for a laptop and then other college expenses
Awards: 1st place in forensics medicine at state (HOSA 2016); 4th place in nutrition test at state (HOSA 2017); Tennis Varsity Letter - 11th grade; Academic Letter - 10th,11th,12th grade for a GPA over 3.75 for 3, 5, and 7 semesters in a row, respectively; QuestBridge College Prep Scholar 2017; AP Scholar With Honors; QuestBridge National College Match Finalist (did not get matched unfortunately)
Waitlisted
93 weighted gpa
1330 SAT
School doesn’t rank
Male dancer
Band
Social justice group
Deaf
@akrem111 Yep asked for full financial aid basically
@IntApp2022 Bangladesh and Australia